2012 UNIVERSITY PLAN, PERFORMANCE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT Annual Report to the Board of Regents October 2012 2012 University Plan, Performance, and Accountability Report This document is made available electronically by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library Introduction and Introduction as part of an ongoing digital archiving project. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/lrl.asp Highlights ContENTS INTRODUCTION “…[The regents shall] make a report Introduction. 1 annually, to the Legislature… exhibiting Report Highlights ........................... 2 the state and progress of the University… 1 Planning for Excellence at the University ....... 4 and such other information as they may deem proper, or may from time to time be 2 History and Overview of the University ........ 7 required of them.” 3 Twin Cities Campus ........................12 —University charter, 1851 Territorial Laws, Chapter 3, Section 16 Extraordinary Education ....................15 Breakthrough Research . 58 The University Plan, Performance, and Accountability Dynamic Outreach and Service . .67 Report, now in its eleventh year, is a broad, governance- World-Class Faculty and Staff ...............73 level discussion of the University of Minnesota’s Outstanding Organization ...................82 fulfillment of its mission and its progress toward its aspiration of becoming one of the premier research Coordinate Campuses ......................93 universities in the world. The report provides a 4 Duluth Campus. .94 performance baseline for the University, an assessment 5 Morris Campus ...........................111 of progress over time, and an indication of where additional effort is warranted. The 2012 report 6 Crookston Campus. .127 discusses each University campus and presents 7 Rochester Campus ........................139 initiatives and investments organized around five strategic goals. The report identifies, where available, Appendix A: Key Links ....................151 select measures that indicate levels of success. Appendix B: Board of Regents ..............153 Appendix C: Senior Leadership .............154 About the Cover A bronze statue in the historic Knoll district of the Twin Cities campus honors John Sargent Pillsbury (1828-1901). Pillsbury, who began his business life as a hardware merchant, served five terms as a Minnesota state senator and three terms as governor. He was appointed to the University’s Board of Regents in 1863 and was promptly elected Board president. He is recognized by many as “the Father of the University of Minnesota,” largely for his efforts in the 1860s to rescue the University from debt and ensure its status as Minnesota’s land-grant university. In 1887, Pillsbury made the first documented gift to the University, $150,000 to build a science building known today as Pillsbury Hall. Sculptor Daniel Chester French created the statue, dedicated in 1900 and the oldest piece of public art on the Twin Cities campus. 1 REPort HIGHLIGHTS Highlights Introduction and Introduction The 2012 edition of the University Plan, Performance, Twin Cities Campus and Accountability Report summarizes the University’s • Graduation rates for undergraduate students have major strategic initiatives, indicators of progress, and improved significantly. The four-year rate for the its performance relative to comparison institutions. fall 2007 entering class was 54 percent, nearly Highlighted below are key points of interest about the double that of the class entering a decade earlier. University and its campuses that are discussed more The projected four-year rate (as of August 1, 2012) fully in the respective sections of the report. for students who entered in 2008 is 57 percent. • In 2010-11, undergraduate students received over Across the University $147 million in gift aid from federal, state, institu- • First-year retention rates of undergraduate students tional, and other sources. have increased on each campus from the previous • The achievement gap between undergraduate stu- year and show a decade-long upward trend. dents of color and white students is narrowing. The • Four- and six-year graduation rates are higher on average ACT score, high school rank, and first-year each campus than five years ago. retention rates are improving at a faster pace for students of color than for other students. • The University Promise Program, which targets need-based aid to Minnesota resident students • Changes to graduate education improve the balance from low-income and middle-income families, pro- among coursework, research training, and indepen- vided nearly $30 million in scholarship aid to over dent scholarly work – resulting in greater curricu- 13,000 Minnesota students on all campuses. lum flexibility and earlier opportunities for students to engage in research and scholarship. • The University continued its strong research per- formance in 2010-11 and remained eighth among • A quality metrics allocation plan will allocate public research universities in the United States. funding to graduate programs based on a set of • Transformations in the technology transfer opera- nationally-recognized measures and lead to greater tion have elevated the University to a best-in-class collegiate control. position. • In 2010-11, the University won a $51-million NIH • The University’s number of faculty and staff has Clinical and Translational Research Award, which remained largely stable (3 percent increase) since supports interdisciplinary activities across the 2001, though the University is serving more stu- health sciences. dents (up 11 percent per employee), granting more • The campus saved over $4.6 million in annual en- degrees (up 28 percent per employee), and expend- ergy costs and reduced its carbon footprint by over ing more sponsored dollars (up 41 percent per 50,000 tons through aggressive energy conservation employee). efforts. • The University’s total compensation, including sal- • Through decommissioning of buildings, the cam- ary and benefits programs, remains competitive. pus reduced annual operating costs by over $1.3 • Joint university-community partnerships produced million and avoided over $48 million in building important research findings on critical societal is- repairs. sues including health policy, energy efficiency, food Duluth Campus safety, and sustainable building. • Many of UMD’s key education measures, including • Outreach units continue to provide needed public the average ACT score (23.8) of entering students, service in areas such as K-12 education, workforce first-year retention rate (82 percent) and six-year and community development, transportation, and graduation rate (60 percent), are the highest in urban design. campus history. 2 2012 University Plan, Performance, and Accountability Report Introduction and Introduction Highlights • The campus is in its second year of a comprehensive • The campus graduated over 300 students last year, strategic planning process, which developed six the highest ever at UMC. major goals that are closely aligned with the Uni- • These increased enrollment and graduation figures versity’s metrics framework. These goals provide a have resulted from an improved first-year retention roadmap to focus campus efforts on key priorities. rate and from new degree programs offered both on • The campus instituted a Strategic Enrollment Man- campus and online. agement Council and spent the past year develop- • Driven by increased enrollment, the campus has ex- ing an enrollment management plan to achieve panded its professional staff and added high-caliber optimal recruitment, retention, and graduation of faculty. students. • The campus began construction on a state-of- • A comprehensive approach to assessing student the-art, energy efficient residence hall. This new learning at both institutional and program levels building will help meet increased student demand promotes performance, process improvement, and for on-campus living and will allow for additional effective practice. This approach includes institu- enrollment growth. tional outcomes supported by both academic and • Chancellor Charles Casey retired after seven years cocurricular programs, and the development of a of leading improvements across the campus. Chan- detailed action plan to assess, report on, and use cellor Fred Wood began his duties in July 2012. evidence to improve student learning. Morris Campus Rochester Campus • Enrollment increased by 100 degree-seeking stu- • Enrollment in the biomedical informatics and com- dents each year for the past three years, along with putational biology graduate program has grown increasing selectivity indicators (25.5 average ACT from 6 in fall 2008 to 45 in fall 2011. The B.S. in score) and diversity (27 percent first-time first-year health sciences program has grown from 57 stu- students of color and 13 percent American Indian dents in fall 2009 to 257 in fall 2011. students). • UMR student retention rates for all years are in- • First-year retention (86 percent) and graduation creasing through the utilization of student success rates (52 percent four-year rate), student participa- coaches to provide academic and developmental tion in study abroad (37 percent), and participation advising to each student. in faculty-mentored undergraduate research (57 • UMR’s newest program, the B.S. in health profes- percent) have improved in recent years. sions, enrolled 12 students in fall 2011 and ad- • The campus is positively ranked by Fiske, Forbes, mitted 24 students for fall 2012. Newly admitted Kiplinger,